Elisa Morgera

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Elisa Morgera is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisa Morgera has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 57 papers in Law and 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Elisa Morgera's work include Environmental law and policy (54 papers), International Maritime Law Issues (46 papers) and International Environmental Law and Policies (35 papers). Elisa Morgera is often cited by papers focused on Environmental law and policy (54 papers), International Maritime Law Issues (46 papers) and International Environmental Law and Policies (35 papers). Elisa Morgera collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Elisa Morgera's co-authors include Elsa Tsioumani, Kati Kulovesi, Matthias Buck, Louisa Parks, Sikina Jinnah, Nathan Bennett, David R. Boyd, Jessica Blythe, Isabelle M. Côté and Juan José Alava and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Policy and Marine Policy.

In The Last Decade

Elisa Morgera

111 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental (in)justice in the Anthropocene ocean 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 20 40 60
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Environmental (in)justice in the Anthropocene ocean
    2022 69 citations Nathan Bennett, Elisa Morgera et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elisa Morgera United Kingdom 19 517 298 244 238 216 124 1.4k
Rakhyun E. Kim Netherlands 23 538 1.0× 568 1.9× 262 1.1× 196 0.8× 691 3.2× 65 2.2k
Edith Brown Weiss United States 16 521 1.0× 489 1.6× 154 0.6× 247 1.0× 409 1.9× 65 1.9k
Lorenzo Cotula United Kingdom 21 267 0.5× 623 2.1× 277 1.1× 120 0.5× 686 3.2× 73 3.4k
Agni Kalfagianni Netherlands 21 144 0.3× 256 0.9× 443 1.8× 40 0.2× 292 1.4× 56 1.5k
Andrea Lenschow Germany 27 294 0.6× 385 1.3× 546 2.2× 115 0.5× 681 3.2× 55 2.3k
Bernd Siebenhüner Germany 24 386 0.7× 469 1.6× 291 1.2× 24 0.1× 866 4.0× 53 1.8k
Steinar Andresen Norway 18 240 0.5× 366 1.2× 210 0.9× 53 0.2× 469 2.2× 70 1.3k
Aarti Gupta Netherlands 33 311 0.6× 681 2.3× 397 1.6× 72 0.3× 1.4k 6.4× 90 2.7k
Edward Challies New Zealand 23 319 0.6× 505 1.7× 270 1.1× 32 0.1× 969 4.5× 52 2.1k
Margot Hurlbert Canada 19 286 0.6× 557 1.9× 86 0.4× 55 0.2× 724 3.4× 89 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Elisa Morgera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elisa Morgera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elisa Morgera

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elisa Morgera. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elisa Morgera based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Elisa Morgera. Elisa Morgera is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fleming, Lora E., et al.. (2025). Biodiversity, health science, and the human right to a healthy environment. The Lancet Planetary Health. 9(6). e553–e565.
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Niner, Holly J., et al.. (2024). Connecting ecosystem services research and human rights to revamp the application of the precautionary principle. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 3 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2024). Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing in International Law. 1 indexed citations
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Bennett, Nathan, Elisa Morgera, & David R. Boyd. (2024). The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable ocean. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 7 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa, Kati Kulovesi, Holly J. Niner, et al.. (2023). Ocean-based Climate Action and Human Rights Implications under the International Climate Change Regime. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 38(3). 411–446. 4 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa, Kirsty McQuaid, Holly J. Niner, et al.. (2023). Addressing the Ocean-Climate Nexus in the BBNJ Agreement: Strategic Environmental Assessments, Human Rights and Equity in Ocean Science. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 38(3). 447–479. 16 indexed citations
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Bennett, Nathan, Rocío López de la Lama, Philippe Le Billon, Irmak Ertör, & Elisa Morgera. (2023). Ocean defenders and human rights. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 8 indexed citations
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Woodhouse, Emily, Claire Bedelian, Paul Barnes, et al.. (2022). Rethinking entrenched narratives about protected areas and human wellbeing in the Global South. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. e050–e050. 18 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa, et al.. (2022). Casting the net wider? The transformative potential of integrating human rights into the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law. 31(3). 360–373. 1 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2015). Justice, Equity and Benefit-Sharing Under the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2015). JUSTICE, EQUITY AND BENEFIT-SHARING UNDER THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. The Italian Yearbook of International Law Online. 24(1). 113–141. 7 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa, et al.. (2014). Unraveling the Nagoya Protocol. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 12 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2012). The External Environmental Policy of the European Union. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa, Matthias Buck, & Elsa Tsioumani. (2012). The 2010 Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing in perspective : implications for international law and implementation challenges. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 18 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2010). Relevance Beyond Borders. Environmental Policy and Law. 40(5). 1 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2010). Wildlife Law and the Empowerment of the Poor. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2010). Introduction to European Environmental Law from an International Environmental Law Perspective. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa. (2006). An Environmental Outlook on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Comparative Advantages, and Outstanding Questions in the Lead Up to the 2006 Review. Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute). 18(4). 751–777. 3 indexed citations

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